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The History of Music
We published a poem, ‘Before the Minnows Scattered’, by Cecily Blench in our Issue 28 in January. We also liked this playful poem in which she weaves together the titles of pop songs. You could have a go at this game! - perhaps with other songs of a different period, perhaps with titles of films or foods you enjoy. Or anything else. If they work send them to us!
They played the tunes we asked
At the leaving ball
Some new, sparklingly fresh
But we spun and romped most of all
To the songs of our parents
The songs that were made years ago
In that golden age
Before we were born.
Don’t stop me now!
So the song goes
And we cried at its sentiments
Knowing that now we would leave
And there would be no more dances
No more romps to the songs that were made
In the summer of ‘69
Before we were born.
We will rock you!
And we did, we did
And the room swirled as we twirled
To the songs and the sounds
Of a long-ago time
When the world was fresh
And we all were the champions
We weren’t there, of course
It was before we were born.
Give me respect, just a little bit!
Like a Rolling Stone
Be my little baby
Bohemian Rhapsodise with me!
Hey Jude…down to Abbey Road…
All we hear is Radio Ga-ga
Like a bridge over troubled water.
Imagine.
I hope you had the time of your life
We sang with dripping tears
Knowing even then
That a stage was over
And when a new one begins
Nothing is ever quite the same
We weren’t there
Living on a prayer
Before we were born.
2 responses so far ↓
1 dchenko // May 31, 2007 at 11:21 pm
inspired by carol ann duffy - ‘before you were mine’, ‘the decade before my loud, possesive yell was the best one’
i like it.
2 Phoebe // Jun 10, 2007 at 11:31 am
I love this poem! I feel the same way about past music. The best bit is the reference to ‘bridge over troubled water’.
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